Cheilanthes nudiuscula(R.Br.) T.Moore

naked lipfern

WFO wfo-0001123971 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Cheilanthes nudiuscula, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. a Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-09-05 / obs. 155371584
Cheilanthes nudiuscula, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. b 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 163767859
Cheilanthes nudiuscula, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. c Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 155371470
Cheilanthes nudiuscula, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. d 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 163767862
Cheilanthes nudiuscula, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. e 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 163767855
Cheilanthes nudiuscula, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. f 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 163767922
Cheilanthes nudiuscula, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. g 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 163767737
Cheilanthes nudiuscula, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. h 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 163767916

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Native range 16 botanical countries

Regions where Cheilanthes nudiuscula is native: China Southeast, Taiwan, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku, New Guinea, Philippines, Sulawesi, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia, Fiji, New Caledonia, Society Is., Tubuai Is., Vanuatu China SoutheastTaiwanJawaLesser Sunda Is.MalukuNew GuineaPhilippinesSulawesiNorthern TerritoryQueenslandWestern AustraliaFijiNew Caledonia Society Is.Tubuai Is.Vanuatu
Native distribution of Cheilanthes nudiuscula, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Jawa JAW ASIA-TROPICAL
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Maluku MOL
New Guinea NWG
Philippines PHI
Sulawesi SUL
Fiji FIJ PACIFIC
New Caledonia NWC
Society Is. SCI
Tubuai Is. TUB
Vanuatu VAN
Northern Territory NTA AUSTRALASIA
Queensland QLD
Western Australia WAU
China Southeast CHS ASIA-TEMPERATE
Taiwan TAI

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 32 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Acrostichum javense Willd.
  • Cheilanthes arnottiana J.W.Moore
  • Cheilanthes densa (J.Sm. ex Kunze) Fée
  • Cheilanthes dilimanensis P.M.Zamora
  • Cheilanthes hirsuta (Poir.) Mett.
  • Cheilanthes javanica Kunze
  • Cheilanthes javensis T.Moore
  • Cheilanthes kleinhofii Blume
  • Cheilanthes moluccana Blume
  • Cheilanthes tenuifolia subsp. nudiuscula (R.Br.) Domin
  • Cheilanthes tenuifolia var. nudiuscula (R.Br.) F.M.Bailey
  • Cincinalis ciliata Desv.
  • Cincinalis hirsuta Desv.
  • Cincinalis javensis Desv.
  • Hemionitis dilimanensis (P.M.Zamora) Christenh.
  • Hemionitis nudiuscula (R.Br.) Christenh.
  • Notholaena ciliata (Desv.) Desv.
  • Notholaena densa J.Sm.
  • Notholaena densa J.Sm. ex Kunze
  • Notholaena hirsuta (Poir.) Desv.
  • Notholaena hirsuta var. densa Alderw.
  • Notholaena hirsuta var. nudiuscula (R.Br.) Bonap.
  • Notholaena hirta Goldm.
  • Notholaena javensis Desv.

and 8 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. USDA PLANTS Database. common name, checklist symbol CHNU. public domain. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.